Overview
- Presents a comprehensive study of trends in Egyptian female labor force participation since the 1960’s
- Discusses conventions, agreements, and policies relevant to women's economic empowerment in Egypt
- Proposes different scenarios of the future of Egyptian Females' labor force participation in accordance with the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science (BRIEFSPOLITICAL)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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About this book
This book sheds the light on the Egyptian females’ participation in labor force since 1960’s up to 2030. The main objective is to study trends of females’ participation in labor force and to predict the future participation.
Egypt female participation in labor force has been increased slowly during the last fifty years since 1960’s, in spite of the encouragement polices that the government has adopted to empower women, particularly economic empowerment.
Egypt's population size has rapidly increased during the past decades to about 90 million inhabitants in 2016. The working-age population (15-64) represents about 64% of the total population. Females represent about 49% of the working age population. However, they represent only about 24% of labor force in Egypt.
Through its five chapters, this book will discuss the history of women's economic empowerment in Egypt, provide background on the trends of the most important female characteristics during the last decades, combines descriptive analysis with working life tables to break down the progression of the role of women in the Egyptian labor force, and presents a view of what could come in the time between now and 2030 in terms of the rights of women in this particular region.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Huda Alkitkat has over fifteen years of experience as a statistician and demographer. Her main areas of interest include: Projection of human capital stock, Agent based models and Aging and longevity.She has been a part of many international collaborative works, such as: The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Max Plank Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), World Health Organization (WHO), The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), UNISCO
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Egyptian Female Labor Force Participation and the Future of Economic Empowerment
Authors: Huda Alkitkat
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Political Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59644-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59643-3Published: 17 August 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59644-0Published: 19 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2191-5466
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5474
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 62
Number of Illustrations: 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Politics and Gender, Middle Eastern and North African Economics, Women's Studies